<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/marlins-news-yuli-gurriel-gets-brutally-honest-facing-astros');   ga('set', 'title', 'Marlins’ Yuli Gurriel gets brutally honest on facing Astros');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Marlins-news-Yuli-Gurriel-gets-brutally-honest-on-facing-Astros.jpg"></figure><h1>Marlins’ Yuli Gurriel gets brutally honest on facing Astros</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-14T13:21:21-07:00">August 14th, 1:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-14T15:58:12-07:00">August 14th, 3:58pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros are in Miami to play the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/destroyed-the-ballpark-derek-jeter-blasted-former-marlins-owner-removing-home-run-sculpture" rel="noopener">Marlins</a> this week, and that means that Yuli Gurriel of the Marlins will be reconnecting with some old Astros teammates that he won two championships with. He <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewkawahara/status/1691168456698171392?s=20" rel="noopener">opened up</a> on what it will be like seeing some old friends.</p><p>“It’s going to be very exciting just to catch up with some of my teammates,” Yuli Gurriel said, via Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle. “It’s going too be also a great, exciting series mostly because of the competition. We both are competing for something important and we have to go out and compete.”</p><p>Gurriel will also be receiving his 2022 World Series ring on Tuesday, and he <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewkawahara/status/1691168592522313728?s=20" rel="noopener">spoke about</a> what that moment will mean for him as well.</p><p>“Very anxious just to get my hands on the ring,” Gurriel said, via Kawahara. “When you win a World Series you want to get your ring the next day, right away. But very happy that I will get it tomorrow.”</p><p>Gurriel is not having the best season of his career by any means, but he is having a better season in 2023 than he did in 2022 for the Astros. Either way, I am sure he is not complaining about winning a World Series in 2022.</p><p>Before playing this season with the Miami <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-news-marlins-nationals-combine-for-wild-five-run-comeback-not-seen-since-2010" rel="noopener">Marlins</a>, Gurriel spent the first seven years of his career with the Astros, winning two championships with the team. He will be remembered fondly by Houston fans, but for this week, he will try to take down his old team as the Marlins fight for a wild card spot in the National League.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Marlins’ Yuli Gurriel gets brutally honest on facing Astros

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/marlins-news-miami-still-in-talks-with-yuli-gurriel-after-initial-deal-fell-through');   ga('set', 'title', 'Marlins still in talks with Yuli Gurriel after initial deal fell through');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Miami-still-in-talks-with-Yuli-Gurriel-after-initial-deal-fell-through.jpg"></figure><h1>Marlins still in talks with Yuli Gurriel after initial deal fell through</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-07T10:00:43-08:00">March 7th, 10:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-07T10:00:43-08:00">March 7th, 10:00am</time><address><a href="https://muckrack.com/alex-sabri">Alex Sabri</a>Alex Sabri started as an Associate Editor for Cavs Nation and ClutchPoints in November 2022. He has over three years of collegiate and professional sports and local journalism experience. Though he covers various sports and general assignments for ClutchPoints, he specializes in covering the Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA Central Division basketball, NFL football and Big Ten basketball and football.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Miami Marlins <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1633150531953893376" rel="noopener">are continuing to</a> talk to free-agent first baseman Yuli Gurriel even after their first deal fell through, The Athletic Senior MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal wrote in a Tuesday tweet.</p><p>The contract would likely be minor-league deal if it was completed.</p><p>Talks of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/marlins-news-yuli-gurriel-to-miami-takes-twist" rel="noopener">Yuli Gurriel to the Marlins</a> took a twist in January. They reportedly “cooled” after it seemed like the two sides had a done deal, according to New York Post baseball columnist Jon Heyman.</p><p>“Yuli Gurriel’s better hopes beyond the Marlins now might include Astros and Twins,” Heyman wrote in a January tweet. “He has likely supporters in both places (Dusty/Crane in Houston, Correa in Minnesota). <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-jose-abreu-joins-houston-for-2023-world-series-defense-in-free-agency-bombshell" rel="noopener">Astros already signed Abreu</a> but they could find some at-bats for Yuli.”</p><p>Yuli Gurriel spent seven years with the Houston Astros, earning 866 hits, 94 home runs and a 0.284 batting average in 801 games and 3,305 plate appearances. He took fourth place in American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2017, taking spots behind New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, Chicago White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi and Chicago Cubs outfielder Trey Mancini.</p><p>The 38-year-old pitcher earned the Golden Glove award as a first baseman in 2021, taking spots with Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa, Twins outfielder Joey Gallo and free agent pitcher Dallas Keuchel.</p><p>Houston Astros left fielder Yordan Alvarez said it <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-yordan-alvarez-gets-real-on-astros-call-to-replace-yuli-gurriel-with-jose-abreu" rel="noopener">was “hard losing” Yuli Gurriel</a> in January.</p><p>“As soon as he signed, I was able to call and say hello to him,” Alvarez said. “We’ve gotten a chance to talk a lot more. I’m super excited for him to be there.</p><p>“It was hard losing Yuli [Gurriel], but losing a Cuban and getting a Cuban guy, I feel really excited for him to be here.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/marlins-news-miami-set-to-acquire-red-sox-dfad-pitcher-matt-barnes" rel="noopener">Marlins were set to finalize</a> a trade that would send pitcher Matt Barnes and cash considerations to Miami in exchange for left-handed relief pitcher Richard Bleier.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Marlins still in talks with Yuli Gurriel after initial deal fell through

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/marlins-news-yuli-gurriel-to-miami-takes-twist');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yuli Gurriel to Marlins takes twist');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/marlins-news-yuli-gurriel-to-miami-takes-twist.jpg"></figure><h1>Yuli Gurriel to Marlins takes twist</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-24T11:31:29-08:00">January 24th, 11:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-24T11:35:13-08:00">January 24th, 11:35am</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It seemed as if Yuli Gurriel to the Miami Marlins <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/marlins-news-miami-agreement-astros-world-series-champ" rel="noopener">was a done deal</a>. But talks have reportedly <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1617943725875015680" rel="noopener">“cooled” as of late</a>, per Jon Heyman.</p><p>Heyman also <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1617952807809843200" rel="noopener">revealed potential landing destinations</a> for Gurriel if he’s unable to come to terms on a contract with Miami.</p><p>“Yuli Gurriel’s better hopes beyond the Marlins now might include Astros and Twins. He has likely supporters in both places (Dusty/Crane in Houston, Correa in Minnesota). <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-jose-abreu-joins-houston-for-2023-world-series-defense-in-free-agency-bombshell" rel="noopener">Astros already signed Abreu</a> but they could find some at-bats for Yuli.”</p><p>The Marlins need offensive help. They recently <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-pablo-lopez-traded-to-minnesota-in-exchange-for-luis-arraez-two-prospects" rel="noopener">acquired infielder Luis Arraez</a> from the Minnesota Twins in a trade. Adding Gurriel would provide the Miami lineup with another proven hitter. It would also give the Marlins the back-to-back reigning AL batting title champions, as Gurriel won the title in 2021 and Arraez won it in 2022.</p><p>It will be interesting to see if Miami can complete an agreement with Gurriel. With Spring Training right around the corner, Gurriel would surely prefer to sign sooner rather than later.</p><p>A return to the Astros could be bittersweet for him. On one hand, Yuli Gurriel would return to the team he’s been with for his entire MLB career. On the other hand, he would have a difficult time finding at-bats amid Jose Abreu’s presence.</p><p>The Twins are an interesting landing candidate. But there are other teams around the league that would benefit from adding a player such as Yuli Gurriel.</p><p>We will continue to provide updates on Gurriel and the Marlins as they are made available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yuli Gurriel to Marlins takes twist

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-yordan-alvarez-gets-real-on-astros-call-to-replace-yuli-gurriel-with-jose-abreu');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yordan Alvarez gets real on Astros’ call to replace Yuli Gurriel with Jose Abreu');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Astros-news-Yordan-Alvarez-shockingly-scratched-from-scheduled-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Yordan Alvarez gets real on Astros’ call to replace Yuli Gurriel with Jose Abreu</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-22T12:32:57-08:00">January 22nd, 12:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-22T18:37:59-08:00">January 22nd, 6:37pm</time><address><a>Steve Zavala</a>Steve is a freelance writer covering the world of sports for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros have not been among the most active teams in the ongoing free agency period. The Astros have at the least completed one notable move, as they came to terms with now-former Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu on a three-year <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-jose-abreu-joins-houston-for-2023-world-series-defense-in-free-agency-bombshell" rel="noopener">deal</a> in November.</p><p>Houston has opted to re-sign multiple key contributors from its 2022 World Series-winning run, but Yuli Gurriel remains a free agent. Gurriel has been <a href="https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1616889200132980736?s=20" rel="noopener">linked</a> with the Miami Marlins for a free agent deal and barring any major change before the start of the 2023 campaign, Abreu will take over for him at the first base position for Houston this year.</p><p>For Yordan Alvarez, as he <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-abreu-feels-excitement-of-astros-fanfest" rel="noopener">touched on</a> during the Astros’ FanFest event on Saturday, it was “hard losing” Gurriel, but he is looking forward to playing alongside the one-time American League MVP Award winner in the coming season.</p><p>“As soon as he signed, I was able to call and say hello to him,” Alvarez said. “We’ve gotten a chance to talk a lot more. I’m super excited for him to be there.</p><p>“It was hard losing Yuli [Gurriel], but losing a Cuban and getting a Cuban guy, I feel really excited for him to be here.”</p><p>Abreu is coming off of a productive 2022 regular season where he posted a .304 batting average and also notched a .378 OBP — the highest since his rookie campaign. His power numbers were down across the board. For one, he slugged a career-low 15 home runs over 157 games played.</p><p>Abreu has already touched base with Houston’s hitting coaches, and in the big picture, he has his sights set on doing what he can to contribute to the Astros’ high-octane offense.</p><p>“They spoke to me a little about my offense and how it would help the organization,” Abreu said. “They told me to continue to be the same person, the same person I was the last nine years in the majors. … I can’t say that I’m going to put up certain numbers, but I’m very excited to be here and just excited to support the team.</p><p>“Again, very grateful for all the guys giving me the opportunity to be here.”</p><p>Abreu capped off his run in Chicago with 243 home runs and 863 RBI recorded in 1,270 regular season contests played.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yordan Alvarez gets real on Astros’ call to replace Yuli Gurriel with Jose Abreu

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-houston-counting-on-trey-mancini-after-yuli-gurriel-move-before-world-series-game-6/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Astros counting on Trey Mancini after Yuli Gurriel move before World Series Game 6');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Trey-Mancini-Astros-World-Series-Yuli-Gurriel-Dusty-Baker-Phillies.jpg"></figure><h1>Astros counting on Trey Mancini after Yuli Gurriel move before World Series Game 6</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-11-05T14:19:10-07:00">November 5th, 2:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-11-05T14:20:47-07:00">November 5th, 2:20pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros are just one win away from a World Series title ahead of Game 6 on Saturday night at home, but they’ll need to do it without Yuli Gurriel. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-houston-fans-will-love-yuli-gurriels-positive-message-after-scary-world-series-collision/" rel="noopener">The first basemen was taken off the roster after suffering a knee injury late in Game 5</a>, with Trey Mancini coming into to replace him.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/MarlyRiveraESPN/status/1588990002192871425" rel="noopener">Per Marly Rivera:</a></p><p>“As expected, Yuli Gurriel will be taken off the roster.”</p><p>While Rivera didn’t say it, that means Mancini will start at first base. The former Baltimore Orioles slugger has been struggling immensely offensively in these playoffs but did make a game-saving play on Thursday:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">OMG TREY MANCINI SAVES THE GAME!! PLAY OF HIS LIFE.<br><a href="https://t.co/FUp9pBktMr">pic.twitter.com/FUp9pBktMr</a></p><p>— MLB Metrics (@MLBMetrics) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBMetrics/status/1588375502795915264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>What a grab. The Astros were hoping Mancini would be a solid addition when they acquired him at the trade deadline, but he’s failed to be the same player from his Baltimore days. Nevertheless, if anything, Mancini is an elite defender at first.</p><p>As for Gurriel, he was in tears when finding out that he’ll be out for the remainder of the Fall Classic, said Dusty Baker.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1588997476832669701?s=12&amp;t=z3ulMcL27k2anPdCn2YeNw" rel="noopener">Via Brian McTaggart:</a></p><p>“He wasn’t crying, but he had tears in his eyes. You could tell how badly he wanted to play. He just couldn’t do it and we had to replace him.”</p><p>Gurriel was hitting an impressive .347 in these playoffs for the Astros with two homers and four RBI. Definitely a loss. Although Mancini is hitless in 21 postseason plate appearances in 2022, one would have to believe he’s due. There would be no better time for him to come up clutch than on Saturday.</p><p>Game 6 gets going at 5:03 PT, with Framber Valdez facing Zack Wheeler on the hill.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
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2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.241	0	6	0.634	1

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